NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
UNITED STATES NAVY (cont'd) 
615 
NAME LOA DRAFT BEAM DISPL COMPLEMENT SOURCE .AGE MISSION 
CREW Sc 
TANNER CLASS 426 17 53 6500 330 8 AKA 1944 Precise coastal surveys. Serve as 
TANNER operating tender providing sup- 
MAURY 1943 port for smaller ships, boats, and 
shore parties. Equipped with 
helicopters. Chart production 
capability and electronic posi- 
tioning equipment. 
SAN PABLO CLASS 300 13 41 2600 174 8 AVP 1942 Deep-water oceanographic and 
SAN PABLO hydrographic data. Basic ships 
REHOBOTH for collection of deep-ocean en- 
vironmental data for pro- and 
anti-submarine warfare. Con- 
duct the “ocean-wide survey” to 
meet the VCS and national re- 
quirements for a widespread 
knowledge of the oceans. 
BOWDITCH 455 24 62 13,000 80 15 CARGO 1944 Deep ocean surveys for special 
BOWDITCH fleet requirements. 
DUTTON 
MICHELSON 
REQUISITE CLASS 221 11 32 1250 82 2 AMS 1941 Nearshore, shallow and medium 
TOWHEE depth hydrographic and oceano- 
SHELDRAKE graphic work, either for charter 
SERRANO 195 15 39 1235 82 2 ATF 1943 surveys or for special military 
Projects such as mining and 
mines countermeasures work. 
Mid-deep equipment, test. and 
evaluation by shipborne and 
bottomed sonar arrays. 
LITTLEHALES 136 11 31 600 19 1 YTB 1945 Shallow water oceanography for 
military requirements. 
ARCHERFISH 311 17 2200 55 4 SS 1943 Project SEASCAN 
GILLISS CLASS 209 14 41 1320 26 15 NEW 1963 Basic and applied oceanography. 
(AGOR) Acoustic test of environmental 
GILLISS effects on instruments. 
CONRAD 
DAVIS SPECIAL FEATURES: 
SANDS 1964 Lab and office space, 
LYNCH 1964 acoustic silencing, 
AGOR 1965 oceanographic winch, 
AGOR 1965 deep anchoring, bow propellor, 
antiroll tanks, van storage. 
KELLAR CLASS 
(Small AGS) 209 14 41 1320 26 15 NEW 1964 Same as REQUISITE Class. 
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